Texas Gailey's: Time for School!

This school year will be totally different than last year. Last year only Kassidy was gone during the day, I home-schooled Kaleb, and Karson was only 1 1/2. This year Kaleb started Kindergarten which only leaves me with Karson during the day. I'm a little bit sad that Kaleb and I don't have that special time together anymore. It was really neat seeing him learn new things right in front of me! I am glad though that he is so excited about school, meeting new friends, riding the bus like big sis, etc. And, I am SUPER excited to have lots more free time with Karson! Being the third child, there's been plenty of times when he hasn't gotten my full attention or didn't get his pick of a game or activity. I can't wait to spend quality time with my little man teaching him his letters, numbers, playing games, doing crafts, etc. I know he will enjoy it, too:)

Here's my big 2nd grader:) Mama got her this outfit and she's been saving it for her first day of school! Notice something missing??? Hint...look at her teeth! She lost both front teeth within the same week, right before school started.

My Kindergartener!!! (It still sounds weird to say that! He shouldn't be that old yet!) All ready to go with his new Cars 2 backpack and lunchbox from Mama:)

Big sis is ready to show lil brother to his classroom!

And here's sweet Karson...so sad that he couldn't go to school too! He just sat here and pouted for 30 minutes!!! He wouldn't even look at the camera! A little bit of Elmo on TV cheered him up finally:)

The kids had a great first week of school! Kassidy is already busy reading, answering questions, learning new spelling words, and doing 2 digit addends in math. Kaleb has enjoyed 2 share days, meeting new buddies at school, learning songs in music, and playing fun games in gym. They both started the extended day program at school this week (the 2 days I work) and so far they love it:) They have time for snack and homework then lots of play between the playground, gym, computer room, library, and art room. Kassidy has already shown how responsible she can be by completing her homework at school on her own. Both kids are getting up to their alarms, getting dressed by themselves, then meeting us downstairs for breakfast. It's a huge help that they can do that part on their own:)